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nonconformity

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[ UK /nˌɒnkənfˈɔːmɪti/ ]
[ US /ˌnɑnkənˈfɔɹməti/ ]
NOUN
  1. lack of harmony or correspondence
  2. failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
  3. a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
  4. unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values

How To Use nonconformity In A Sentence

  • The ranks of nonconformity thrived in an expanding economy of independency where the artisan might still feel closer to the petty capitalist than to the unskilled labourer.
  • His nonconformity was a headache for the management.
  • If you were pressed to affix a label to him, you could do worse than call him a "conservative," but then the label wouldn't be all that helpful since Brooks embodies that venerable American tradition of independent thinking and nonconformity. Andrew Taggart: Who Is David Brooks?
  • If you were pressed to affix a label to him, you could do worse than call him a "conservative," but then the label wouldn't be all that helpful since Brooks embodies that venerable American tradition of independent thinking and nonconformity. Andrew Taggart: Who Is David Brooks?
  • Through his Keswick ministry, he was keen to bridge something of the gulf between Anglicanism and Nonconformity.
  • Highlights here include "A Sort of Loving" (where "rapping about dope" becomes a gateway to more insightful conversation), "I Hate You, Silas Marner" (which uses the title tome as a contrast with Joseph Heller's counterculture war hit), and "The Valedictorian" (an attempt to reconfigure recent student uprisings and nonconformity into the half hour TV setting). DVD Verdict
  • That kind of perspective teaches me the need to respect dissent, nonconformity, and liberty of conscience as priority Baptist values.
  • Studies in the workplace find that women's nonconformity to feminine stereotypes leads to negative evaluation by both men and women.
  • A cultural revival in the eighteenth century was reinforced by the spread of Nonconformity, which became an integral part of Welsh identity.
  • Her clothes were an immediate signal of her nonconformity.
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